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|yet, but 16 of the Arizona Governments fallout-thrroid radioiodine, which falls out, Islanders has been climbing
| \ team of medical experts.children will have their blood: study.
shortly after an atmospheric: at a significant rate.
‘has recommended that nine tested.
i The thyroid gland is parti- atomic test, with thyroid ab-» Though no such link or in‘Utah chudren with thyroid’ An informal source yester- cularly likely to get a larze normalities.
Cilence has vet been esta‘sland abnormalities undergo. day said that some of the Ari-:dose of radiation frum fallout, The most recent of these, blished for American children
ifurther medical study at thelzona children show thyroid.especially from radioactive io-' findings is a continuing study who have a'bsorhed radioac-
‘Salt Lake City Medical Cen- abnormalities,
too.
Hospital dine for which the gland has‘of Marshal! Islanders acciden-,tive iodine in food and drink,
ter,
I study of these youngsters, he an affinity.
tal'v baihed in large amounts scientists have virtually no in| The children are among.said, seems likely,
j In recent years, atomic ex- of taliout in March 1954 The formation on these possibili‘2000 between the ages of 10 to] The recommendations for perts have accumulated dis incidence cf thyroid abnor- ties,
,18 who are being studied by hospital studies and blood,
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| In addition to the intensive'ate number of thyroid ahnor-:
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average American city, 18 Raymond F. Keating J, of,
-;more St. George youngsters,\the Mayo Clinic, and Dr.!
- will undergo blood tests.
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, No children in a companion'Institutes of Health. They!
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